Bishop Artak Tigranian
Dean of the Monasteries of the Mother See
- General Information
Was born in 1971, in the village of Dimitrov. Baptismal name is Gegham.
From 1978 to 1988 - Secondary School in Dimitrov.
From 1988 to 1993 - Gevorkian Theological Seminary.
- Ecclesiastical titles and ordination
In 1993 - Ordained to the Diaconate by His Grace Bishop Anania Arabajian.
In 1995 - Ordained as Celibate priest by His Holiness Karekin I, Catholicos of All Armenians.
In 1999 - Rank of Archimandrite by His Eminence Archbishop Nerses Pozapalian. Thesis: "Catholicos Karekin I Hovsepian; His Life, Spiritual and Research Works".
In 2010 - Consecrated as a Bishop by His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians.
- Tenure
From 1994 to 1995 - Director of the "Alex and Marie Manoogian" Treasury House of the Mother See.
From 1995 to 1999 - Secretary and Staff Bearer to the Armenian Pontiff, His Holiness Karekin I.
From 1999 to 2000 -Spiritual pastor in the St. John the Baptist Church in Paris.
From 2000 to 2001 - Assistant to the Grand Sacristan of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
From 2001 to 2005 - Grand Sacristan of the Mother See.
From 2006 to 2008 - Abbot of the Monastery of Haghpat. Vicar General of the Diocese of Gougark
From 2008 to 2009 - Assistant to the Grand Sacristan of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
Since 2009 - Dean of the Monasteries of the Mother See
